Gold

Barrick bids for Equinox (April 25, 2011)

The board of Equinox Minerals (eqn-t, eqn-a) is withdrawing its bid for Lundin Mining (lun-t) and endorsing instead an all-cash takeover bid of $8.15 per share from Barrick Gold (abx-t, abx-n), which values the company at about $7.3 billon. The…


Peregrine Metals' Altar porphyry copper-gold deposit in Argentina's San Juan province. Photo by Peregrine Metals

Peregrine Metals is on the move

With the war for talent heating up in the mining industry, it was something of a coup for junior Peregrine Metals (PGM-T) to snag as its new president Richard Leclerc – a seasoned mining veteran who, over his 29-year career, has been a key…



A drill rig at Prodigy Gold's Magino gold project in northern Ontario. Photo by Prodigy Gold

Positive PEA pumps Prodigy (April 25, 2011)

Junior explorer Prodigy Gold (PDG-V) got a warm reception on the market after releasing a positive preliminary economic assessment (PEA) for its Magino gold project in northern Ontario.


An aerial view of Gold Fields' Tarkwa gold mine in southwestern Ghana, 300 km west of the capital Accra. Photo by Gold Fields

Gold Fields cuts deal with Iamgold

Gold Fields (GFI-N, GFI-J) wants as much control over its key mining assets as it can get, and is buying Iamgold’s (IMG-T, IAG-N) minority stake in a project in Ghana.







Kaminak begins $15-million Yukon drill program

Vancouver – After one of the most successful first-pass drilling programs in the Yukon last year, Kaminak Gold (kam-v) has returned with plans to drill up to 45,000 metres in 2011 on its 100% owned Coffee gold project in the White Gold district.


Goldgroup rises on long intercepts

Goldgroup Mining’s (GGA-T) latest round of drill results didn’t bring the high grades of its previous announcement, but the length of mineralization remains impressive. The company is currently drilling at the Caballo Blanco project in Mexico…


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